- GP practice
Archived: The Bridport Medical Centre 1
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All Inspections
12/04/2018
During a routine inspection
This practice is rated as Good overall. (Previous inspection 25 May 2015 – Good)
The key questions are rated as:
Are services safe? – Good
Are services effective? – Good
Are services caring? – Good
Are services responsive? – Good
Are services well-led? – Good
We carried out an announced comprehensive at Bridport Medical Centre 1 on 12 April 2018, as part of our inspection programme.
At this inspection we found:
- The practice had clear systems to manage risk so that safety incidents were less likely to happen. When incidents did happen, the practice learned from them and improved their processes.
- The practice routinely reviewed the effectiveness and appropriateness of the care it provided. It ensured that care and treatment was delivered according to evidence- based guidelines.
- Staff involved and treated patients with compassion, kindness, dignity and respect.
- Patients found the appointment system easy to use and reported that they were able to access care when they needed it.
- Feedback was welcomes from staff and patients and acted upon.
- There was a strong focus on continuous learning and improvement at all levels of the organisation.
The areas where the provider should make improvements are:
- Review the processes implemented for exception reporting of Quality and Outcomes Framework data, in particular those for long term conditions.
Professor Steve Field CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP
Chief Inspector of General Practice
26th May 2015
During a routine inspection
Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at The Bridport Medical Centre on 26th May 2015. Overall the practice is rated as good.
Specifically, we found the practice to be good for providing safe,well-led, effective, caring and responsive services.
The practice is also rated as good for the six population groups which are older people, people with long term conditions, families, children and young people, working age people (including those recently retired and students),people whose circumstances may make them vulnerable and people experiencing poor mental health (including people with dementia).
Our key findings across all the areas we inspected were as follows:
- Staff understood and fulfilled their responsibilities to raise concerns, and to report incidents and near misses. Information about safety was recorded, monitored, appropriately reviewed and addressed.
- Risks to patients were assessed and well managed.
- Patients’ needs were assessed and care was planned and delivered following best practice guidance.
- Staff had received training appropriate to their roles and any further training needs had been identified and planned.
- Patients said they were treated with compassion, dignity and respect and they were involved in their care and decisions about their treatment.
- Information about services and how to complain was available and easy to understand.
- Patients said they found it easy to make an appointment with a named GP and that there was continuity of care, with urgent appointments available the same day.
- The practice had good facilities and was well equipped to treat patients and meet their needs.
- There was a clear leadership structure and staff felt supported by management.
- The practice proactively sought feedback from staff and patients, which it acted on.
We saw one area of outstanding practice:
- The practice operate a virtual ward system. This is a comprehensive, fully integrated service for all vulnerable patients in the Bridport area with a particular focus on older patients. This system includes weekly meetings with senior multi-disciplinary team professionals, including a community elderly care consultant, a consultant elderly care psychiatrist, Social Services, District Nursing, Mental Health and Community Matron colleagues. This virtual ward supports early hospital discharge or allows seamless admission to Bridport Community Hospital with integrated care when necessary.
However there were areas of practice where the provider needs to make improvements.
Importantly the provider should:
- Ensure holding letters for complaints are sent out according to the practice policy and that all correspondence is dated.
Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP)
Chief Inspector of General Practice